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The Gifford Fire, the largest fire to burn in California so far this year, started near a road. Research shows wildfires are more likely to start within 50 feet of a road than they are farther out. Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration wants to …

Wildfires spark across California as state is hit by heat wave, lightning storms  SFGATE Evacuations ordered as wildfire blazes California’s famed Napa County  NPR Friday updates: Historic Napa County resort in new evacuation zone on Pickett Fire’s eastern front  The Press Democrat Wildfire explodes in California wine country as heatwave scorches US west  The Guardian Pickett Fire’s impact on Napa Valley wine grapes yet …

California’s weather conditions are intensifying after a week of extreme temperatures, prompting fire evacuations in Napa County and sparking a handful of blazes that began burning Saturday morning in the Angeles National Forest. The Pickett fire broke out Thursday near a remote area in Napa County as weather officials warned about elevated fire threats across the region. The fire quickly …

In August 2023, downed power lines on Maui, Hawaii, sparked a wildfire that quickly exploded into multiple, fast-moving blazes fanned by high winds. Over several days, the fires reduced much of the town of Lāhainā to ashes, displacing thousands and killing more than 100 people. New research published Thursday, August 22, in the journal Frontiers in Climate suggests this disaster …

In January, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history ravaged several neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The immediate toll was staggering: at least 30 lives lost, more than 200,000 people evacuated, and more than 18,000 homes and structures destroyed. Moreover, a recent study estimated the fires were linked to more than 440 excess deaths in the region. Yet …

Firefighting operations on Colorado’s Highway 13, responding to the Lee Fire. John Hecker/InciWeb hide caption toggle caption John Hecker/InciWeb In western Colorado, firefighters are up against more windy and hot weather as they try to protect homes and oil and gas resources from a pair of lightning-caused wildfires that have rapidly grown in the last few days, consuming more than …

A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles ignited and spread quickly on Thursday, forcing thousands of evacuations. The Canyon fire ignited around 1.30pm, growing to over 2.3 sq miles (6 sq km) in five hours, according to Ventura county emergency response. It remained 0% contained late on Thursday afternoon and was spreading east, the county said. …

Two uncontained wildfires burning in northwestern Colorado have scorched nearly 60,000 acres, fire officials said Thursday morning, after a day of hot, dry and windy weather. After sparking over the weekend, the Lee fire burning southwest of Meeker is now the largest wildfire this year in Colorado at 45,000 acres. The nearby Elk fire, burning to the east of Meeker, …

New research looking at the aftermath of some of the deadliest wildfires to have struck the US in recent years has shed light on the devastating effects the disasters have on human health, with impacts that extend far beyond the official death toll and injury counts. Three studies published this week examine the long-term fallout from the Maui and Los …

Firefighters are working to gain control over several lightning-caused wildfires that by Tuesday morning had burned across nearly 21,000 acres in northwestern Colorado. The fires sparked over the weekend after a lightning storm struck on parched land near Meeker in Rio Blanco County and rapidly grew Monday due to very hot, dry and windy conditions on the Western Slope. Both …